Prospective Plantings, Feed Prices and Implications for Feeder Cattle Markets

Corn and Cotton Prevented Planting Decisions 

What is the Principal Agent problem, and should I be concerned about it in my local cooperative?

Global Market Prospects for U.S. Long-grain Rice for the Upcoming Marketing Year

Tax Considerations of Income and Expenses from Nontimber Forest Products

The Now and Later of Feedlot Inventories

The 2024 Sugar Market Domestic Supply and Outlook

Part 2: Cultivating Resilience and Innovation in US Specialty Crop Economics: Navigating Market Dynamics, Labor Challenges, and Global Realities

Higher Reference Prices Are Critical… But So Is Increasing Payment Limits

Census Reveals Tobacco Farms Disappearing from Southern Agriculture

Incentives Help Solar Battle Electricity Cost Increases on Commercial Poultry Farms

Peanut Yield Trends

Foreign Ownership Law Violates the U.S. Constitution???

What’s the Lay of the Land in U.S. Organics Trade?

Planting Date: The Need for Speed

Cow and Cow-Beef Prices Booming

Prospects for Sorghum Premiums in the Upcoming Season: A Forecast Analysis

EPA Made 2023 Commitment To CAFO Permitting Reform But No Action Evident to Date 

ARC and PLC Deadline TOMORROW!

Tax Reporting for Crop Insurance

Record Feeder Cattle Prices

A Quick Look at the 2024 Rice Market

The Corporate Transparency Act and Your (Potential) Duty to Register Your Business

U.S. Fresh Produce Availability

Reforming the H-2A Guest Farmworker Visa Program: Sectoral Coverage Expansion and Workers’ Path to Permanent Residency

2022 Census of Agriculture: Review of Southern Hay Prices

U.S. Cotton Export and Global Market Share Declined in 2023

What is a New Generation Cooperative?

Demand for Raising Reference Prices Not Hidden Very Well

Using the Share Rent Equivalent Model to Determine Farmland Value

Heifers on Feed and Feedlot Demographics

USDA Outlook Forum and Planted Acres

Confronting Legal Deserts in Rural America

Panama Canal Traffic Delays Threaten Southern Ag Global Supply Chains

Dairy Revenue Protection Historical Performance for Component Price

Ag Census Reveals Fewer Beef Cow Farms

Soybean Option Strategies

Part 1: Cultivating Resilience and Innovation in US Specialty Crop Economics: Navigating Market Dynamics, Labor Challenges, and Global Realities

Farm Bill Fault Lines: Why is the Farm Bill Debate Stuck in Neutral?

What is the TN Visa Program?

Where are the Girls?

The Coordinated Decision of PLC and Federal Crop Insurance in Managing Price Risk in Rice

United States Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Texas v. New Mexico Water Dispute

Creeping Imports and Hidden Costs to U.S. Fresh Produce Growers

Farming to Breakeven in 2024

Thoughts on the Cattle Inventory Report

Cotton Acreage and Relative Prices

WOTUS Update

Proposed Safety Net Choice Could Add Risk to Farmers

Foreign Investment in U.S. Agricultural Land: Leasing vs. Owning

Higher Cattle and Beef Prices

A Way-Too-Early Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratio Analysis: Price Implications and Planting Decisions

USDA Finalizes Rule on Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

Southern U.S. Agriculture Faces Headwinds in Asia Amid Red Sea Shipping Disruptions

Cotton Crop Insurance: Unveiling Regional Differences in Projected and Harvest Prices

Lower Hay Stocks in Some of the Southeast for Winter

2024 Winter Wheat Production Prospects

Seven Elements Your Farmers’ Market Website Should Include to Attract Consumers

Making the ARC/PLC Election for 2024

Cotton Crop Insurance: Regional Differences in Sales Closing Dates and Cancellation Dates

More COF Still?

Real and Nominal Corn Futures Prices 

Online Training for Cooperative Boards

U.S. Agricultural Trade: Value vs. Volume

Financial Ratios to Consider for Measuring Financial Resiliency of Your Farm

More Pigs

Peanut Cost of Production, the Farm Bill, and Need for Risk Management

Citrus Greening, Hurricanes, and the Decline of the Florida Citrus Industry

Shouldn’t the Farm Safety Net Target Those Feeding the Country?

What Should I Do With My Heifers?

Weight Gain

Federal Crop Insurance and the False Claims Act

American Whiskey Gets Extended Tariff Reprieve in the EU…Just Weeks Before the Deadline

Look Out Overhead

EQIP Overview for Livestock Producers

The New Small Business Reporting Rule and Your Farm

Bracing for Change: Stacking Risk Management Tools for 2024

Exploring Diverse Crop Insurance Options for Cotton Producers

Large Cow Culling Continues

Using Historical Price Movements to Inform Marketing Decisions

Finding a Lawyer

What’s all the Fuss about the Inflation Reduction Act?

Two Key Productivity Measures with Profit Implications for Cow-calf Operations

Holiday Baking Gets a Boost

Examining Sugarcane and Sugarbeet Production Costs 

More than Ever, Rural Communities Need Strong Third Places to Build Social Capital

Forecasting Discretionary Spending by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

Will Irrigated Soybean Area Continue to Expand in Eastern Arkansas?

Feeder Bulls Discounted to Feeder Steers?

Why are Peanuts Bucking the Declining Crop Price Trend?

Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers Affect U.S. Agricultural Exports to the ASEAN Market

Evaluation of the Recent Government Accountability Office Sugar Program Report 

Comparing Liquified Propane to Natural Gas for Heating Fuel Cost Management in Poultry

Lamb And Mutton Production Shrinks This Year 

Bridging the Price Risk Gap

Leading Change in Your Cooperative

Historic Research Yields Modern Solutions

It’s Turkey Time!

Corn Price Prospects When We Start the Year with a 2-Billion-Bushel Carryover

What Is Driving Native Plant Sales?

Implications of Reverting to Dairy Policy in the 1948 Farm Bill

The Economics of Artificial Insemination

A Charlie Brown Christmas for Cattle Prices

U.S. Cotton Cost Trends and Implications

Do We Have Enough DEA-Registered Labs to Implement Hemp Program?

What Would Our Clean-Slate Safety Net Look Like?

Estimate and Manage Your Largest Cost as a Cow-calf Operator

Understanding Basis When Managing Feeder Cattle Price Risk

Corn and Soybean Yield Trends 

US Supreme Court Will Not Hear North Carolina “Ag Gag” Appeal

Angola: U.S. Chicken Exports Facing Increasing Competition in this Leading Market 

South-Wide Timber Market: Pine Sawtimber Prices Stabilize as Pulpwood Prices Continued to Decline 

Producers Embrace USDA’s Livestock Risk Protection Program

How Market Dynamics Separate World and U.S. Rice Export Prices

Wetlands Protection under Swampbuster 

Do Crop Insurance Payments Help with Economic Impacts of Drought Beyond the Farm Gate? 

Crop Insurance as a Safety Net for Operating Loan Obligations

More Heifers Continue to Head to Feedlots

River Levels and Off-Farm Storage Disbursement

Improving Ag Structures’ Resilience to Wind Damage

Can Chinese Demand for U.S. Hides and Skins Recover?

Sectoral and Regional Concentration of H-2A Patronage

Balance of Trade Has Shifted as Beef Production has Decreased

Russian Wheat Production and World Wheat Market Fundamentals

Demystifying Patronage Refunds

Reference Prices: Setting the Record Straight

Capital Recovery Costs: An Important Component of Enterprise Budgeting

Cow Culling Climbing Seasonally

Who’s Holding Global Soybean Stocks? 

How Much Can I Sell This For? Part III

U.S. Agricultural Imports are Expected to Surpass Exports Post Covid and Beyond

Dairy Revenue Protection Historical Performance for Class Price

New Commercial Poultry Breeder Housing Under Economic Stress

Corn and Soybean Harvest Futures Contract Price Frequency 

What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for Farmers?

EWG Takes the Spotlight in the Silly Season

Which is more profitable for producers, Single-Species or Multi-Species Cover Crops?

All Markets are Local

Low River Levels, Barge Freight, and Widening Basis

Ten More States Pass Foreign Land Ownership Laws This Year

U.S. Agricultural Export Values are Expected to Decrease After a 7-Year Expansion Run

Can I Afford to Buy a Farm? 

Proposition 12 Preliminary Price Impacts

USDA Refining of Forecasted U.S. Cotton Production

EPA Publishes Updated Waters of the United States Rule

Crop Insurance Rating: the Curious Case of STAX

2023 Land Values and Buyer Motivations

Are You Buying Hay For The Winter?

Supporting Sorghum Prices in the 2023/24 Season: Exports and Basis

HPAI in 2023: “Induced” Losses Leave a Gap in the Federal Indemnity Scheme 

The Rise and Fall of U.S. Chicken Feet in China: A Story of Bird Flu and Trade Bans

2023 Agricultural Lending Condition Update

A Check in on Boxed Beef Cutout Value

The Importance of Wheat Production in the South 

Using Deliberative Dialogue to Address Florida Community Challenges

Pecan Risk Management

Files for the Farm Business

Feed Inputs for Ranchers: A Brief Look at Corn and Hay

Comparing the Harvest Price and Projected Price in Revenue Protection Crop Insurance for Rice and Corn

Farmers Markets and the South

Agricultural Commodity Markets Navigate Uncharted Waters Amidst Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The Federal Funds Rate Impact on Agricultural Lending

To Breed or To Feed?

How is the Cotton Crop Looking in 2023?

Where Have All the Black Farmers Gone? 

Final Planting Dates and the Impact on Prevented Planting Acres

Effect of Interest Rates on Beef Cow Bid Price

Are We Robbing Peter’s Heifers?

The Fast Two Minutes in Crop Markets

Farmers Win Regulatory Takings Case for Managed-Flooding Impacts

A Quick Look at Brazil’s Efforts to Outpace the U.S. as Leading Corn Exporter

The Rise of Irrigated Soybeans in Arkansas  

Counter Seasonal Runs in Cattle Prices

Peanut Farmers Find Marketing Opportunities through Agricultural Cooperatives

Is Your Operation AGRItourism or AgriTOURISM?

Have Payment Yields Kept Up with Actual Crop Yields?

The Cost of Money and Commercial Poultry Growing

Is It Too Early to Talk Turkey?

Brazilian Reais, Chinese Yuan Renminbi, and United States Dollar:  Exchange Rates Could Provide Support or Hindrance to U.S. Soybean Exports

How to Protect Farmworkers During Heat Waves?

Shaking the Global Rice Market: India Bans Exports of White Non-Basmati Rice

Bermuda Grass Hay Nutrient Removal

No Signs of Beef Cattle Herd Expansion…Yet

Implications of the Black Sea Grain Deal Cancellation

Sustaining Farms by Sustaining Farmers and Farm Families

Time Running Out on a New Farm Bill This Year

Forage Costs of Production and Breakeven Curves

Dairy Margin Coverage Provides Some Help in Challenging Milk Market

Soybean Indemnity Payments for Wildlife Damage

Why is Our Cooperative Struggling?

U.S. Agricultural Exports to China Soar and Market Share Returns to Pre-Trade War Levels

Mid-Year Review and Planning

More Dairy Cow Culling

The U.S. Corn Market: a Look Ahead and Lessons from the Past

Is the Transition from Conventional to Organic Kale Production Profitable?

How will Proposition 12 Ruling Impact the Farm Bill?

Southern Timber Prices Weakened 

Hot Dog!  It’s Fourth of July!

USDA Acreage Report Results: Price and Crop Insurance Impacts

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Important Clean Water Act Ruling

U.S. Whiskey Exports Remain Strong as Ag Exports are Expected to Decline Overall

New Rules for the Calculation of H-2A Workers’ Wages

Surprisingly Big Placements in the June Cattle on Feed Report

Interest Rates and Grain Storage

What to Know About Employing Minors in the Summer and Beyond

Southern Economic Impacts of Premium-to-Liability Ratio Limits in U.S. Crop Insurance

The South as the Nation’s Primary Regional Employer of H-2A Labor

Uptick in Livestock Risk Protection for Fed Cattle

The Relationship Between Wheat Stocks Held by Exporting Countries, Global Imports, and the U.S. Marketing Year Average Price  

Moon v. Schultz – Damages in Tree Fall Cases

U.S. has Experienced Consistent Ag Export Growth to Mexico Under NAFTA and USMCA 

When is the “Best” Time to Buy Farm Diesel?

Uptick in Livestock Risk Protection for Feeder Cattle

Our Most Read Articles for 2022-2023

Difficulty in Forecasting 2023 U.S. Cotton Production

Feasibility Analysis—A Key Step to Success 

Adjusting Reference Prices Based on Changes in Cost of Production

Current Non-Real Estate Farm Debt

$185

The Impact of Interest Rates and Basis on Net Cash Price for Corn

Interested in Forming a Cooperative? Take the Cooperative Challenge!

Egg-spensive Business: Exploring the Spike in Egg Prices and the Impact of Imports

Up-Side-Down Yields? 

Grass Fed Beef Prices

Sorghum Exports and Production Expectations for the 2023/24 Season

How Much Can I Sell This For? Part II

The Silly Season Has Begun…Must Be Farm Bill Time

Prevented Planting and APH Reductions After Planting a Second Crop

Low Hog Prices and Red Ink

Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River is Associated with Relatively Weak Soybean Basis in the Midsouth 

United States Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 12

U.S. Beef Exports Down in 2023 (so far) – U.S. Beef is Losing Ground in China

Foreign Investment in Agricultural Land

Brisket Prices on the Rise

Higher Supplies and Lower Prices Projected for U.S. Crops in 2023

Beef Custom Harvest Agreement Considerations  

Analyzing the Relative Riskiness of Rice Yields

Economic Uncertainty and Ways to Prepare for the Worst

National Feeder and Stocker Cattle Receipts Higher to Start 2023

The Importance of Corn Production in the South to the U.S. Corn Supply

Riding off into the Sunset: State Policies and Contract Provisions That Impact Decommissioning a Solar Facility

Down the River: How the 2022 Mississippi River Drought Damaged Southern U.S. Agricultural Trade

Mobile Apps in Farm Management

April Cattle on Feed – What to Make of March Placements

Urea, Natural Gas, and Corn Price Correlations

Responding to Climate Change in Rural Communities

Revisiting Planted Versus Base Acres

The Five Types of Risk in Agriculture

Marketing Locally Raised Meats? Lessons Learned in South Carolina        

Peanut Acreage Projected to Increase in 2023

4 Tips for Better Board Meetings

Global Market Prospects for U.S. Long-Grain Rice for the Upcoming Marketing Year

Benchmarking

Another Week, Another Record

Competing Influences and Expectations for World Cotton Demand

How Much Can I Sell This For? Part I

Regional Equity in Crop Insurance

Managing Price Risk for Cow-Calf Producers

Cattle Prices in Record Territory

Rethinking Fertilizer Prices

Right to Farm Bills in the South

Expanded U.S.-Mexico Trade in Avocados Benefits U.S. Consumers

Days Suitable for Planting Rice in Arkansas

‘Tis The Season for Lamb

Key Takeaways and Reliability of the 2023 Prospective Plantings Report

What is an “Ag-Gag” Law?

Congressional Representation from the South

Wheat Straw Nutrient Removal

Heating Fuel and Electricity Concerns for Commercial Poultry

Sensitivity of USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum Projections to Changes in Soybean Crush Demand

A Cheese by Any Other Name

What Might Climate Change Mean for U.S. Grain Exports?

Loan Amortization

Beef Cow Culling Sharply Lower

Sensitivity of USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum Projections to Changes in Corn Exports

Value-Added Ag and Food Products

What’s in the Farm Bill for Livestock Producers?

Projecting Your Cost of Production and Combating Higher Costs in 2023

Dairy Margin Coverage Program Begins 2023 with Payment

The Soybean to Corn Price Ratio as a Guide to Farmers’ Planting Decisions

The Economic Value of Agricultural Cooperatives

U.S. Wood Pellet Exports Continue to Reach Record Levels

Do I need to pay the Net Income Tax on my timber income?

Beef Price Spread Relationship with Processing Capacity Utilization

February USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Projections Compared to USDA Final Estimates

Economies of Scale and Scope in Fresh Produce Technologies: Managing Markets Using the AgTools Database

ARC/PLC Sign-up Deadline Just Days Away

Social and Business Implications of the 2023 Increase in Adverse Effect Wage Rates

Peak Meat

One Last Thought on Revenue Insurance for Rice in 2023

State Foreign Ownership Proposals

Fresh Produce Imports from Mexico Continue to Rise

Outcomes of Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Fillings

An Interesting Curiosity, for Now

2023 Peanut Market Outlook

Oklahoma Prevails in Lawsuit Against Poultry Growers for Pollution of Illinois River

CBO’s February 2023 Baseline Update

Financial State of Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Filings

Calf Prices Jump

Possible Extreme Outcomes for 2023 Cotton

The Need for Equity Preparing for the 2023 Farm Bill

U.S. Agricultural Exports Set Another Record in 2022, but Higher Prices Appear to be the Cause

Chapter 12 Bankruptcy as an Option to Relieve Financial Distress

Observations on the Cattle Report in the South

Do Corn and Soybean Harvest Futures Rise or Fall During the February Projected Crop Insurance Price Determination Period?

Curiosity to Cash: Successful Web Marketing

What Do Producers Want/Need in a Safety Net?

Bankruptcy as an Option to Relieve Financial Distress

Record Egg Prices Driven by Supply Disruptions

Traditional Stock-to-Use Ratios are of Little Value in Determining Peanut Prices

Cooperative Farm Stores and Challenge of Member Loyalty

Brazil Challenging U.S. Corn Export Top Spot

Income Averaging: An underutilized tax management strategy available to farms and commercial fisherman

The Interesting Part of the Cattle on Feed Report

Trading Ranges and Volatility for November Soybean and December Corn Futures Prices

Adverse Effect Wage Rates of H-2A Workers Increase in 2023

Support for Rice Producers in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus

Cotton Crop Insurance to Protect Against Revenue Losses: Select Harvest Price Exclusion or Not?

Fewer Cattle on Feed Expected

The Demand Side of the Supply and Demand Balance Sheet

The Navigability of WOTUS

China’s imports of U.S. Beef continue to increase. But how does the U.S. compare to other competing countries?

Managing for Foundation Traits in Beef Cows

A Very (Very) Early Look at Post-Drought Herd Rebuilding

The Peanut-Cotton Price Relationship

Hydroponic Agriculture and Insurance Coverage

What If We Don’t Get a Farm Bill in 2023?

Summary of High Avian Influenza in 2022

Smaller Weekly Beef Cow Culling, Finally

Navigating the “Winter” in Cotton Farming in 2023

The Supreme Court and Agriculture

U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit Projected for 2023

What’s a 1099? Do I Need to File?

Fewer COF and Hogs, But More Milk

Quantifying U.S. Corn Exports to Mexico

Strong 2022 Holiday Spending Reflects Experiences and Expectations

Where are Commodity Prices Headed in the Next CBO Baseline?

Will Hemp Production Fare Any Better in 2023?

Retail Meat Prices Finally Decline

What to Expect from Brazil’s Soybean Crop?

How to Create a Marketing Plan in the Digital Era

The U.S. and Brazil in International Beef Markets

Prevented Planting

Feeding Efficiency Gains Over Time

Corn Exports: Quality, Value, and Prices

Urban Development and Farm Labor Scarcity: Are Workers Leaving Agriculture for Construction?

What is the Expected Impact of High Commodity Prices on Effective Reference Prices for Covered Commodities

Enterprise Budgeting

Fed Cattle Prices Jump Higher

Looking Ahead to the 2023 Cotton Market

The Potential Implications of Large-Scale Solar Development: A Case Study on Maryland’s Agricultural Industry

China Emerges as a Leading Destination for U.S. Beef Exports

Current Non-Real Estate Farm Debt

High Hog and Pork Prices This Year

Risk Management Considerations for the 2023 Growing Season

Conservation Easements: Subdivision Considerations in Farm Succession Planning

Fall vs. Spring Application of Broiler Litter

Exceptional Cow and Heifer Slaughter

What Does Trendline Yield Tell Us About How Corn Futures Prices React During and After the Production Year?

Potential Class Action Filed Claiming Poultry Growers are Employees

Barge Traffic Restrictions on the Mississippi River and Bulk Agricultural Exports

Using Seasonal Precipitation Outlook Maps in PRF Planning

Retail Beef prices Lower, Pork Higher

Considerations for Developing a Pre-Harvest Marketing Plan

Fresh Tomato Supply Chain: Challenges in Production & Marketing

Correspondence of Rice Planted Acres to Safety Net Prices

What Should We Expect for Farm Loan Interest Rates in 2022 & 2023?

Beef Cow Slaughter Ramps Up

Who’s Buying U.S. Peanuts?

A Legacy of Cooperative Leadership

U.S. Pecan Trade

Year-End Tax Preparations & Management

Small Grain Pastures

Low Water Levels in the Mississippi River Result in Abnormally Weak Soybean Basis

Insurance Plans for Specialty Crops

An Early Look at the Farm Safety Net for Cotton in 2023

Loan Packaging Terms for Beginning Minority Farmers Under More Objective Lender’s Loan Evaluation Models

It’s Turkey Time!

Fences Aren’t Just for Cattle

Immediate Relief for Financially Distressed FSA Farm Loan Borrowers

The Drought, Exports, and Cotton Prices

Adding Value to Feeder Calves

Growth in Forward Delivery Beef Sales

Wheat Acres in the South

Changes May Come to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers with the Inflation Reduction Act

Does the May 2022 CBO Baseline Provide Any Information About the Ability to Increase Commodity Reference Prices?

Short-Term Contingency Plans for Southern Producers

Negotiated Fed Cattle Sales Decline in 2022

U.S. Sorghum-Corn Premium Prices Fell Sharply During this Quarter

USDA’s Text Message Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulation Determined Unlawful

ERS Report Shows that U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) Benefit Developing Countries

Carbon Program Opportunities for Woodland Owners in the Southeast

Value of Bred Heifers in 2023

Refinement of U.S. Cotton Production Forecasts

The Importance of Veterinarians in Rural Communities

The Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Climate-Related Disclosures and Unintended Consequences?

Peer Advisory Groups

Drought Continues to Impact Cattle Flow

Marketing Strategies if Producers Do Not Have Access to On-Farm Storage

Should We Form a Cooperative?

Why is Trade Freedom Important?

Cover Crop Seed Availability Hinders Cover Crop Adoption by Agricultural Producers

Livestock Feed Price Implications for Fall

U.S. Feed and Residual Use: Consumption Trends in the Biofuel Era

Broiler Grower Settlement Forms Arriving to Growers: Background on the Class Action

Drought Related Livestock Sales and Tax Reporting Options

Economic vs. Tax Depreciation: Understanding Which to Use for Determining Farm Profitability

Wholesale Beef Prices

On-Farm Grain Storage in Southern States

Amendments to the Federal Crop Insurance Basic Provisions

USDA: U.S. Agricultural Exports are Projected to Decrease $2.5 Billion in Fiscal Year 2023

Farmland Leasing for Young and Beginning Operators

Cow Slaughter in the South

High Abandonment Acres for U.S. Cotton Projected Due to Drought

Heirs Property and Agriculture

Agricultural Provisions in the Reduction Act of 2022

Economic Culling Criteria

Livestock Risk Protection Cost is Lower

2022 Peanut Production Projections

Key Estate Planning Documents

Importance of Agricultural Trade for the U.S.

Producers have Significantly Increased the use of LRP

Fuel Price Volatility a Growing Concern for Commercial Poultry Growers

The Option to Augment the Crop Insurance Price Floor

How to Create Attention-Grabbing Content to Grow Your Agribusiness with Social Media

Crop Insurance Loss Ratio Trends Over Time

Cover Crops and Risk

Grazing Stocker Cattle on Warm-Season Annual Forges

Key Farm Management Considerations in Turbulent Times: The 5% Rule

Job Market Behavior During Pandemic Times

How Important is the Phillippines for U.S. Agricultural Trade?

Supply Seasonality of Specialty Crops in the United States

Drought is Sending More Cows to Market

July Volatility in November Soybean Futures Prices

Immigration Projects under Discussion: Why Do They Matter for the Agricultural Labor Supply?

Debt Relief for Certain Farmers & Ranchers

Profitability of Cover Crops

PRF Adoption Rate to Mitigate Drought Impact

More Volatile Cotton Prices

Sysco Becomes Latest Beef Packer Antitrust Claimant

Difference Between Inflation and Changes in Commodity Prices

Estimating the Cost of a Grain Bagging System

Cattle and COF Reports

U.S. Sugar Policy and Prices

Fixtures and Farm Leases

An Initial Look at Forced Base Update on the South

Current Non-Real Estate Farm Debt

Between a Rock and a Dry Place: Culling Decisions

The USDA June Acreage and Grain Stocks Report

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Proposition 12 Case

International Market Concentration in the Southern Meat Trading Market

Careful on the Curves

Falling Corn Prices and Cost of Gain

What is Behind the Recent Cotton Futures Market Plunge?

Success, Rebound, or Resignation. The Divergent Financial Dynamics of Ag Co-ops

The Trillion Dollar “Farm” Bill

Influential Expectations

Net Farm Income Varies Widely in Commercial Broiler Production

Wheat Production of Major Exporters in the Southern Hemisphere

On a Need-to-Know Basis: TXFED Online Training for Market Farmers

Understanding the New Safeguard Policy for U.S. Beef in Japan

Can Solar Panels Improve Contract Farm Profitability?

Hedging Opportunities for Managing Price Risk for Cattle

Some Quirky Aspects of Cotton Marketing

Local Food Sales & Practices

Broadband Adoption and Impacts on COVID-19 Unemployment Recovery in the South

To Irrigate or Not to Irrigate?

Farm Level Milk Prices Set Record in Back-to-Back Months

Shelled Peanut Product Disappearance Increasing

How Right-to-Farm Laws Operate to Protect Ag Practices Used by Producers

The Economic Costs of Canadian Dairy Quota Restrictions Under USMCA

Inflation Control, Farm Interest Rates, and Farmland Values

Pork and Beef International Trade

World Per Capita Grain Consumption and Global Economic Growth

Fence Laws for Rural Landowners

While Still Largely Profitable…Crop Producers Putting Historic Amount of Capital at Risk in 2022

Increased Participation in Weather-Related Crop Insurance Program

Large Cow Culling, Calf Prices Diving

Soybean Acerage Higher in Southern States with Increased Price Outlook

Verbal Farm Tenancy Protection in the South

The Imminent Menace of Sanitary Barriers in International Trade

Inflation and Interest Rates

Pricing Hay for Profit

Managing the Price Risk Gap between December Corn Futures and Projected Crop Insurance Prices

Increased Demand and Persistent Resource Challenges for the Nursery Industy

USDA Launches New Disaster Program for 2020 and 2021 Crop Years

Inflation and Farm Prices

Large Placements Bring Tighter Feeder Supplies

Forward Pricing with Options on ICE Cotton Futures

Mental Health & Agriculture: There is Always Hope

U.S. Long-Grain Rice Faces Growing Challenges Overseas

Potential Cost Savings of Multiple Inlet Rice Irrigation

Are we ready for one more Niña season?

Outlook for Feed grain Fundamentals in the 2022/2023 Marketing Year

Impact of Increasing Fertilizer Prices and Interest Rates on Farm Supply Cooperatives

Crop Insurance the Key to Avoiding Another Farm Economy Downturn

Prospects for Retained Ownership in a High Input Cost Environment

2022 Range and Pasture Conditions

Milestone Indicators of U.S. Cotton Supply and Demand

In Historic Town Centers Beauty is More than Skin Deep

Removing Fertilizer Tariffs is Not a (Phosphate) Rock and a Hard Place

The Value of Proper Soil pH

Should Feeder Calves be PI Tested?

U.S. Total Rice Acerage Projected at 35 Year Low

Reliance on H-2A Workers Continues to Spike as Specialty Crop Producers Face Labor Shortages

Fed Cattle Pricing: Will Well-Intentioned Proposals Actually Reduce Cattle Prices?

Extension Budgets and Budget Tools

Index of Weekly Google Searches for ” How to Cook Lamb”, 2004-2022

Projected Decrease in Peanut Acreage Could Have Greater Impacts on Overall Production

Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drone Law as Unconstitutional

Shipping Container Disruptions Cause Considerable Export Losses for Southern Ports

Examining the Used Combine Market

Beef Cow Slaughter Continues to Run High

World Wheat Supplies in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Overtime for the Agricultural Industry

The U.S. Ethanol Industry and Unintended Consequences

On-Farm Cost of Contracting High Path Avian Influenza in a Commercial Broiler Flock

Dairy Product Prices

Less Corn, More Soybeans, Cotton, and Wheat Projected to be Planted in 2022

What Are Right-to-Farm Laws?

The Future for Cotton

Too Many Dollars Chasing Too Few Goods

March Cattle on Feed Sets a Record

Indirect Effects of the Eastern European Conflict on Cotton

The 10th Circuit Dismisses “Product of the U.S.A.” Mislabeling Claims

President’s Budget: Does it Matter?

The Russia/Ukraine Conflict and Farm Input Markets

The Cost of Avian Flu to the Southeastern Broiler Industry

Using Put Options for Risk Management

Market Trends for U.S. Blueberry: Implications for Southeastern U.S. Producers

U.S. Agricultural Trade with Plenty of Uncertainties but Expected to Hit Record Numbers in 2022

Crop Returns Comparison

Another Big Placement Month

Peanut Production Up in 2021 Despite Lower Acreage

Digital Divide in Rural Communities

A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The Role of USDA Programs in Addressing Climate Change

Flex Leases for Crop Producers

Cull Cow Prices Skyrocket

Ukraine-Russia Implications in Grain and Oilseed Markets

Locally Raised Meats: Cooperatives Needed

Trade Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

How much will the cost of custom operations go up this year?

Higher Feed Costs for Livestock Producers

U.S. Cotton Planted Acres

Agrotourism and Land Use – Happily Ever After?

What is a Marketing Year Average Price?

Tax Tips for Forest Landowners

Marketing Feeder Cattle at 6-Year Price Highs

2022 Corn Outlook

The COVID Effect and Search Behavior for Plants Online

United Arab Emirates shows promise for U.S. Agricultural Exports according to USDA

Alternate FSA’s Lending Programs for Beginning Minority Farmers

Record High Cattle on Feed Expected

Soybean Meal and Oil Stocks Supportive for High Soybean Prices

Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land in the United States

Should I Buy STAX?

What is the Current Nutrient Value of Broiler Litter?

Cattle Grazing on Small Grain Pastures – Challenges During this Drought Period

Rice Production Down in 2021 Despite Strong Yields

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Offer New Information to SDFRs in Rural America

U.S. Exports to China: Better than Last Year’s, But Still Below Phase I Agreement Levels for 2021

Relative Price of Nitrogen

January 1 Feeder Cattle Supplies Decline 2.6 Percent

Rise in Input Costs for Cotton Production: Make and Keep a New Year’s Plan

Carbon Markets Are Not Like Other Markets

The ARC-CO/PLC Decision Isn’t as Easy as You Think

Financial Impacts of Higher Fertilizer

Cattle Inventory Report

Variation in Corn Prices in the Southeast

Promoting the Importance of Southern Farm Raised Oysters

U.S. Imports and the Continued Rise in Fertilizer Prices

The Perfect Fertilizer Storm

Seasonal Price Indices for Cull Livestock

2022 Price Outlook for Hard Red Winter and Soft Red Winter Wheat

Local Vetrepreneurs Contribute to Rural Communities

ARC-IC Considerations for 2022 Farm Program Elections

Hemp Review and Outlook

Poultry’s Perfect Storm in 2021-22

The U.S. Dollar’s Influence on ICE Cotton Futures

Revisit Your Estate Plan

China’s Purchase of U.S. Cotton Increased in 2020 and 2021

Flood Impact Estimates on Cropland Using Satellite Imagery

Cattle Areas in Drought

Input Price and Availability is Influencing 2022 Planting Intentions

The COVID Effect and Southeast Consumers’ Plant Purchasing Behavior

2022 Farm Safety Net Decisions

Southern Timber Market Update

Calf Prices Start the New Year Higher

Is Shelled Use of Primary Peanut Products Softening?

More Cattle Placed and Marketed Expected

Getting to Know FLOID

What is Preemption and How Might it Affect Glyphosate Litigation

The Rise in Shipping Costs and U.S. Agricultural Exports

Coping with Delayed H-2A Worker Arrivals During the Pandemic

Meat Prices and CPI

U.S. Sorghum, An International Commodity

Agricultural Land Conversion a Concern for Cooperatives

Build Back Better?

Time to Meet with Your Tax Professional

Fewer Dairy Cows in Parts of the South

Current “Squeeze” Dynamics in ICE Cotton Futures

Southern States Address Solar Facility Decommission

Cuba: Potential Market or Continuing Menace?

A Hot Market for Ag Land

Huge Cow Culling in Southeast? Not So Fast, My Friend!

Peanut Outlook

What does “Shop Small” mean for your Small Town?

Enrolled Base Acres Share of the ARC-CO and PLC Program by Crop

Inputs Up Sharply; Makes Planning More Important Than Ever

More Cattle Heading to Feedlots

Did Speculative Money Cause the Recent Surge in Cotton Futures Prices?

What’s in a Name? Standards of Identity for “Milk” & “Yogurt”

Global Fertilizer Market Affects U.S. Import Prices

2020 Net Farm Income

Calf Prices on the Rise

Estimating U.S. Corn Acres for 2022

Growing Value of U.S. Organic Specialty Crop Sales

Southern States Share of Major Crop Bases

A View of Cash Rents

It’s Turkey Time! Gobble Gobble!

Speculative Influence on ICE Cotton Futures

Update on Waters of the United States

US Agricultural Market Shares Fall, Despite US-China Trade Increasing in 2021

Cost-Plus Pricing?

Strong Meat Export Totals in 2021

What’s Driving Soybean Value: Meal or Oil?

Carbon Contracts for the Farmer

CFAP 2.0 Payments Across the South

Revenue Protection Dominates Crop Insurance Coverage

Commercial Poultry Input Costs Heating Up!

Corn and Sorghum Outlook

Cotton Outlook

Rice Outlook

Exports to Canada and Mexico Provide Stability to Peanut Market

Legal Outlook for 2022 Shows Several Ongoing Issues Will Be Top of Mind for Agricultural Producers

Importance of Southeastern Ports for US Agricultural Exports

Adopting Farm Management Practices for Carbon Credit Payments?

Cow Prices Start Seasonal Slump

Cotton Prices Above 90th Percentile of the Historic Range